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W. HpKENDR-ICK 82 J. B. OKEY.

SOIL PULVERIZBR.

No. 301,610. Patented July 8, 1884.

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' ILLIAM H. KENDRICK Ann JOSEPH B. OKEY, or INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

SOlL-PULVERIZER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 301,610, dated July 8, 1884.

Application filed December 12, 1883.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILLIAM H. KEN- .nnIoK and Josnrn B. OKEY, citizens of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion, in the State of Indiana, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Machines for Crushing and Pulverizing the Soil, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to those machines used for the purpose stated which are provided with rollers for crushing the soil and cutters for cutting the sods, both operations being effected simultaneously in the operation of our device, which is simple in construction and easily and readily managed and operated.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a rear view of a crushing and cutting machine having our improvements. Fig. 2 is a top View of the same. Fig. 3 is a side view, certain parts being removed to show the cutters. Fig. 4 is a sectional view showing connection of cutter and cross-beam. Fig. oshows a front cured to the arms E, the forward ends of said arms being passed through the cross-beam D,

to which they are secured by means of washers and nuts J.

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To the beamD is fastened a lever, B, said lever turning upward in front for convenient handling, asshown. The arms E, carrying the cutters, extend rearward from beam D and over the shaft H, and the cutters G are attached to said arms, so that they extend downward just in the rear of said shaft and between the rollers, as shown. Thus the crushing and cutting devices are brought within a compartend therein the desired depth.

ent rollers F, rocking cross-beam D, with arm's E, extending rearward over shaft H,and carrying cutters G, adapted to operate between the rollers, and the lever B, fastened to beam D, the parts being constructed and arranged substantially as shown, for the purpose set forth.

XVILLIAM H. KENDRICK.-

JOSEPH B. OKEY.

Attest:

GIIAnLns W. CRUMEN, A. S. farrnnson. 

